American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

Process by which people adopt values and opinions that influence their political views

• Political culture

• Political development

• Political education

• Political socialization

Set of political values that exists within a society across different ideological groups

• Political system

• Political culture

• Political forum

• Political solidarity

Which of the following factors would NOT influence the process of an individual's political socialization?

• His or her religious upbringing

• His or her favorite sport

• His or her age

• His or her parents' political beliefs

American political value that promotes minimal or limited government regulation of the economy

• Free enterprise

• Keynesianism

• Planned economy

• Social economics

American political value that emphasizes equal authority of the law over all citizens, regardless of their status or position in society

• Equality of opportunity

• Rule of law

• Law and order

• Equal justice

American political value that emphasizes the freedom of each citizen to act in his or her own best interests within the confines of the law

• Individualism

• Civil liberty

• Collectivism

• Capitalism

American political value that promotes the assurance of a fair chance at success to all citizens

• Equitable success

• Equality of opportunity

• Social capitalism

• Fair competition

American political value that emphasizes strict confines on the extent of the government's power over citizens

• Checks and balances

• Limited government

• Popular sovereignty

• Republicanism

Political ideology that espouses support for government intervention in the economy and social services in order to ensure the collective welfare of society

• Conservatism

• Libertarianism

• Liberalism

• Corporatism

Political ideology that espouses support for a government strictly limited in its power and scope and an economy and social services largely guided by the private sector

• Conservatism

• Libertarianism

• Liberalism

• Corporatism